Psychological Development and Education ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 345-351.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2017.03.12

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Effect of Parents' Marital Quality on Adolescent Externalizing Problem: The Mediating Role of Parenting

WU Yingting1,2, GUO Fei1, WANG Yaxin1, JIANG Lan1, CHEN Zhiyan1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
  • Online:2017-05-15 Published:2017-05-15

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Abstract: To investigate the relationship between marital quality, parenting and externalizing problem of adolescents. Totally 2,396 adolescents and their parents from 9 cities of four geographic regions participated in the study. The Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) was reported by their parents themselves, the Iowa Youth and Families project (IYFP) was reported by adolescents and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to measure the behavior problems of adolescents, which was reported by their parents. Results showed that:Marital quality was significantly correlated with parenting, both marital quality and parenting were significantly correlated with externalizing problem. Marital quality predicted positive parenting positively, and predicted harsh parenting negatively, positive parenting predicted externalizing problem negatively, and harsh parenting predicted externalizing problem positively. Marital quality also predicted externalizing problem directly. Bootstrap test indicated that the mediating effect of parenting between marital quality and externalizing problem was significant, and the mediating effect was-0.16 (95% CI:-0.19——0.13). Parenting is the mediator in the association between marital quality and adolescent externalizing problem.

Key words: marital quality, parenting, externalizing problems, adolescents

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  • B844

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